„Bucuria se naşte din rugăciune”
„Joy is born of prayer”

Pastoral Letter at the Lord’s Resurrection – 2022

Summary/Abstract: There is no other day more filled with joy and gladness than Easter. Joy is caused by Christ’s resurrection from the dead and His victory over sin and death. Holy Fathers who have meditated on joys divide them into three categories. Starting with the lowest, which are the joys of sin, they continue with the middle ones, which are the pure joys, and end with the highest, which are the holy joys. Pure joy lasts as long as the human life. Such joy has the man who is accomplished, who has a beautiful mission or a happy family. Sacred joys start on earth, they stay with us all life long, but they also pass with us into eternity. Such joy is the joy of Easter. Myrrh-bearing women had such joy on the morning of the resurrection. The Holy Apostle Paul associates these holy joys with prayer. And let us not forget that this year is, according to the Holy Synod, the homage year of prayer. Every Christian and the whole world needs prayer.

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